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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-05-30, Page 1n I�rr�rr It -of of l,dueitit►nr IVa Oke The sketch plans for the addi- tion to and the reconstruction of Victoria Public School, Goderich, were approved by the. Huron County Board of Education at a meeting in Clinton Tuesday af- ternoon. The approval is eubject ' to acceptance of the plans by the Ministry of Education. The project includes demolish- ' ing the original, two-stor ey build* ing erected in 1910 and retaining the 1240 portion *kb includes the main front entrance,which will be revamped, to meet the fire marli's requirements also the six existing classrooms adjacent to it and the six classrooms on the second floor are to be retained as well as the gymnasium and stage area. There will be a new Staff area — general office, principal's of- fice, staff office and health .fa- cilities, music room, change room and home economics and industrial arts rooms. On the second flood' will be the newlibrary and two classrooms. Brian Garratt, architect, of the firm of Kyles, Kyles and Garratt, Stratford, said when presenting the sketch plans, • the two Class- ,rooms could be opened up to make an enlarged, library re- source centre if the classroom$ were nolonger needed because of declining:. enrolment or if a larger library was needed to meet an in- creased enrolment, Heid:; ,the library . is in a central position, convenient to all areas of the .school. The other new. area is the kindergarten and the four class- rooms to accommodate the train- able retarded pupils. The latter group, numbering . 26, are enrol- led at Qtieen,Elizabeth School, in the.fo of St. Peter's Separate SP* , V. 4ZC haT.4x 00 1 ed from the Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School bard. In other business at a special meeting on May 6 the board ap- proved establishing library facilities at Blyth, Brussels, Col- borne, grey and Turnberry Pub- lic Schools by renting five por- table classrooms, and providing teachers for them on a _half-day basis. The necessary furnishings for the librarylacilities will be purchased. Herbert Turkheim, chairman of the Education Committee, re- ported Gordon Wray, .a student at F.E'. Madill Secondary School at Wingham had ranked 15th in the across -Canada Mathematics con- test. The board, in receipt of a copy, of the Village of Zurich secondary plan, prepared by the Huron County Planning Department, will write a letter to the Planning Department asking that in ad- vance of having an official plan passed the education board be consulted. In the Zurich'report it is stated that there is excess capacity at present and should there be ex- pansion required there is ample space at tete cuing site. Herbert Turkheim\ of Zurich challenged the statement of "ample space",. and the board will notify the Min.* istry of Treasury, Economics and' Intergovernmental Affairs that any population explosion in the Zurich area would, in the board's opinion, render • the present school . and schoolsite totally in- adequate. The site comprises 2.2 acres and houses ,84 pupils. A request from Clive Buist director of the Recreation Com- mittee, Seaforth, for information as to whether the board has any plans for the development , of track and field at the Seaforth district -High School, was tabled. It is to be reconsidered in Sept- ember when the board deals with its 5=year capital forecast. The expense of such a project is not included in the 1914 budget. The board agreed with the re- solution from tate Muskoka Board. of Education to the provincial government that legislation be amended to provide that school buses be requiredto.operate their -ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Ped,9.trtan NEW SPEED SIGNS— As a result of complaints that the roadways near the inter- section of Minnie and Cedar St., Were being used as a "raceway" by some drivers, the town has erected two new 15 mph speed limit signs on either side of. the CN train tressel. If you get caught speeding in that area now 4 you won't be able to plead ig- norance of the limit. 0-0-0 FLOWERS OF HOPE— • The Flowers of Hope campaign draws to an end on May 31. Please don't forget to send in your donation to the Wingham and District Association for the Mentally Retarded. There are a lot of people counting on YOU. 0-0-0 PAPER DRIVE— Just a reminder that the Wingham Cubs and Scouts will be conducting a paper drive June 1. Keep collecting those old papers and magazines because the boys can use all the paper they can get their hands on. • 0-0--0 ROLL-A-THON-- If you haven't got your entry !r form for the town's first roll-a- thon in aid of minor lacrosse or the Wingham arena you had better get moving. June 1 is drawing near. If you aren't en- tered why not sponsor someone who is? 0-0-0 CARS TELETHON— CKNX will be airing the second annual CARS Talent Show Tele- thon on dune 1. Join the tight against arthritis and rheuma- tism. Support CARS in its work. Donations may be made during the Telethon if you wish to make a pledge before June 1, contact Shirley Hanula at 357-2405. 0--0--0 NOMINATION MEETINGS— With a federal election coming up the three major parties have scheduled their nornination meetings for Huron -Middlesex riding during this week. John Lyndon of Goderich has already been chosen as the Liberatcandi- date for the riding, The Con- servative nomination meeting will be decided tonight at the Saltford Valley Hall at 9 p.m. Un- fortunately the NDP nomination meeting was on Tuesday after press time so we don'thave any results from that meeting. SANDI GINGERICH was the valedictorian for the 1974 RNA graduating class. R. P. Ritter, the hospital's Board of Governors' chairman, presented Miss Gingerich with a gift of the graduation ceremony in the Training School building on Friday afternoon. In all 20 nursing students received their diploma before a gathering of friends and relatives. (Staff Photo) OPP inves seven acc Officers of the Wingham OPP detachment were kept busy over the weekend, no fewer than seven accidents\ being investigated in the area. On Saturday Brady House of RR 2, Listowel was involved in a single car accident on Concession 3-4, east of County Road 19 in Grey Township. Mr. House and two passengers in the car, James Thompson of RR 3, Teeswater and Brenda Clarke of Listowel were injured, although, no in- formation on the extent of, their injuries is available. Damage to the car was estimated a't $1,500. A two -car accident on Con- cession B, north of Concession 4- 5, in Howick Township on Satur- day did an estimated $800 damage to the cars involved. Russell Jones of Wingham and Stephen Hamilton of Wroxeter, the drivers in the mishap, 'Were not injured: William Mantz of Milverton was involved in a single car smash-up on Huron County Road 30, north of Concession 15-16 in Howick Township on Saturday. OPP officials said that Mtn. Mantz ran off the road into the west ditch and struck a checkerboard sign. He was not hurt and total damages have been set at $500. On May 25 John Watson of Blyth was involved in a single car mishap on Sideroad 25-26, west of Highway 4. No one was injured and damages were slight. Ligates idents An RR 4, Brussels man, Doug- las Cloakey, 20, and two passengers in the car he was driving, Charles Tennant, 20, of Brampton and 16 -year-old Debbie Keffer of Brussels were all treated for bruises and lacera- tions suffered in a single car acci- dent on Concession 6, east of Highway 4 in Morris Township on Sunday. All three were released after treatment. OPP investi- gators have estimated damage to the car at $2,000. Neil Lockhart, RR 3, Blyth and James Hull of Brampton were the drivers in a two -car collision on Highway 4, north of plyth CPR crossing on Sunday. Neither was injured in the crash and.damages have been totalled at $1,150. • A London man was rushed to hospital on Sunday when he in- jured his spine in a single car accident on Highway 4, south of Huron Road 16 in Morris Town- ship. Mr. Cossar was transferred to a London hospital after he was given emergency treatment. The driver's three children, John 15, Robbie 13 and Jane 11, were taken to hospital for examination after the accident and then re- leased. About $1,000 damage was sustained by the vehicle. Members of the OPP detach- ment laid two charges under the Liquor Control Act, 21 charges under the Highway Traffic Act and conducted 19 other investiga- tions over the past week. flaShing signals isitheelob unloading, school stuff street or roadway unless strutted sidewalks; etre together with a system walks Orsignallights sothat' dents- May cross the 'Std or roadway safely. An additional full-time will be engaged for .t' . ' Elizabeth School for the: Tr- able Retarded in +•oder enst an additional,- half time .`teacher be engaged. for the Golden- Cie School, •1'ingham,. effective September 1. Enrolment. at •' Queen Elizabeth is . currently 27 l.± or a (21 4111 time and 6 half time) a staff of three full time teams. At the Golden Circle School' tor the Trainable Retarded The enrolment is currently 2Q 44,1141 time and .6 half time) with a off of 2.5 full time teachers. The addition will require the rental of an additional classroom at Qin Elizabeth. Rental is $25 per10001 r month from the Huron''Perth l� . County Roman Catholic Sepaeate School Board. Robert J. Campbell of RR t Seaforth, will have his prl for contract a masonry repairs stn all county schools accepted, contractors were asked to sul proposals and Mr. Campbell, the only one who did. The po was advertised last year one applied. John Henderson of Seaforth asked that the position be', ad- vertised again. but R. B. Dunlop, business administrator, said.the assumption was that if it was tendered again there wouliV be the same result. He estimated there was about $10,000 work'in- volved. Mr. Henderson's and tion was defeated. Mr. Campbell's proposal °° jn- eludes. work tate dpne oda-trnie d . material #iasis, ",why c, leaves. nd, end t "wmrnf_oday. Movesoe another are to count in the . "timp schedule". Material to be ob- tained by Mr. Campbell and bill- ed to the board. Rates:, bricklayer, $12.75 per hour; laborer, $6.00 per hour; saw for cutting joists, $14 per day including blades; electric ham- mer for taking out brick, $8.00 per day; scaffolding with plank, 40 cents per day. Work is to com- mence on or before September 1. An ad hoc committee will be appointed by Management Com- mittee to meet with board - employed bus drivers for negotiating 1974-75 salaries. Termination of the school year was questioned — June 14 for sec- ondary pupils in `Huron, while some other counties are permit- ting June 7 if no examinations have to be written. D. J. Cochrane, director of education, said, "I sympathize but don't see how we can change. I know we are right. Every school has to submit a school calendar to the Ministry and at. present the requirement is for 185 instruc- tional school days." J. P. Alexander of Winghai said he was questioned by a pupil who wanted to work and felt it was unfair to have to compete against pupils out of school a week earlier. Mrs. Marion Zinn of RR 2, Lucknow, suggested that the board apply to the Ministry to see if it can be changed so that there woul no discrepancy from one boa d to another. AFTER MORE THAN SIX YEARS of running the Brookhaven Nursing. Home just outside Wingharrt, A Mr and Mrs. Henry Redekopp have decided to retire. Mrs. M. McLaughlin (right) presented the Redekopps with gifts from their very' appreciative employees. The presentation was made at a staff farewell party at the Wingham IOOF halt or Thursday evening. (Staff Photo) land purchase policy ounced by Ontario Hydra_ Ontario Hydro :has made changes in its purchasing policy When acquiring land needed for high-voltage, transmission line power.corridors, it was announc- • ed last Week., Following meetings with rep- resentatives of the farming com- munity including the Ontario Federation of • Agriculture, the National, . Farmers'Union, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Vis' the hi+s . '1'raias, FAV-r.T� ve rumen, vices, -Hydro has approved a complete re-examination of_ the Corporation's policies with res- pect to acquisition of rights-of- D. B. c OWING David Bruce Gowing, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gowing, RR 2, Bluevale graduated from the University of Guelph with the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. Convocation ceremonies` were held in War Memorial Hall, University of Guelph on May 24th. David has accepted a position with the Farm Credit Corporation in North Bay. Will SWEEP for MVCA The Maitland Valley Conserva- tion Authority is an active par- ticipant in the Ontario Govern- ment SWEEP program again t his year. The program has begun with the appointment of a project senior supervisor, and three fore- men who will oversee work crews of about five students each during this summer. Don Pearson of Ethel, a third - year biology student at the Uni- versity of Waterloo, will again fill the senior supervisor position, while Blake Ferguson of Gorrie, Gary Kaulback of Jamestown and Kathy Work of Brussels will assume responsibilities as fore- men. Blake has completed two years of environmental biology at the University of Guelph and is spending his second summer with MVCA. Gary is a graduate of Wil- frid Laurier University with a de- gree in Geography. He has serv- ed as a co-worker in an OFY pro- ject which showed the role of the farm to city children. Kathy joins MVCA after working last year in SWEEP for the Credit Valley Conservation Authority. The foremen will spend two weeks familiarizing themselves with the Authority, working in clean-up activities and practising the safe and proper handling of tools. They will also spend one Week in training at Dorset before assuming their duties upon the arrival of SWEEP labourers around June 24. The Students Working in an Environmental Enhancement Program will be involved in clean-up operations and develop- ment projects on Authority lands and for the member municipal- ities and townships within the Maitland watershed. way across farm properties. One effect df the change will give owners the option of selling the property in question or grant- ing an easement. Hydro will pay for the easement either in a lump sum or by an annual adjustable payment. The owner can choose the option he prefers: The policy of leasing back agri- cultural land to the former owner for the nominal sum of $1 an. acre trictive covenant to prohibit future .buildings on .designated rights of ways • Ontario Hydro cannot justify expropriations Of rights at ;a hearing unless the rights are re- quired within: a reasonable time frame. • ' The Expropriation Aet requires that inquiry `hearings be held to der' rde whether the acgtirisitiozr, of ♦ the p prop rtv in giestion «i$ fair,. plus "axes>4wrll' ednttn �. sound rid r a so abl «fihere ; �beeti „�iY ° _ p e(�a��{�n� � ri epi .baa - ;.».1{' ...i ` _ in uie . `ev-..y -ent..o k "y: w *preset* err far m'era for' a iiati« :,,, authority's ol5 tives.#,- choice of options in granting . _ property rights to Hydro for a Please turn to Page 5 variety of reasons such as escalating land prices, retention of a viable land unit, collateral R. Gibson. for low interest farm improve- ment loans, and the inherenttakes �.Q.1A% reluctance to change the charac- ter of the family farm," said Neil McMurtrie, Ontario Hydro's director of property. "On all future projects, ex- propriation procedures will apply generally when authorization has been received for -an expansion project from public participation and other hearings," he said. "This will help to ensure that purchasing and compensation formulas are more than fair to the people affected.by •Hydro's essential expansion programs." The Expropriation .Act is de- signed by the government to safeguard individual property owners' rights. Under its pro- visions every owner is placed on the same footing and is assured of fair and equal consideration re- garding compensation. The owner is also entitled to rea- sonable legal and appraisal ex- pertise,, normally at no cost to himself. Also among the new policies announced by Hydro is an al- lowance of a certain percentage of the total purchase price "to be included when the highest and best use of the land is agricul- tural to recognize the special im- pact of transmission lines on farm operations, as broadly provided for in the Expropriation Act for disturbance." Compensation for perpetual easements is to be based on 75 per cent of market value of vacant land for the basic right-of-way plus an additional payment for structures to be based on one acre per structure at 75 per cent of vacant land value for the first structure, 80 per cent for the second structure and increasing by five per cent for each addi- tional structure. The minimum payment for each tower is $100. An annual payment is to be of- fered as an optional basis of compensation for perpetual ease- ments based on an annual per- centage equivalent to the chart- ered bank prime rate plus one- half per cent established on Jan- uary 1st of each year, applied to the value of the easement com- pensation. Mr. McMurtrie said, where it is not possible to acquire the ul- timate requirements of a multi- line corridor, a payment of five per cent of the market value of the lands not immediately re- quired is to be offered for a res - Brookhaven : under nem. a t andAfter six yelriF AS the *weer* administratorsthe Brookhaven Nursing Ham, Ifeinz and Watt* Redekopp to g0 into semi-nate,ment. • Mr. Bedekopp .' the operation tom Au and Roger Keay. . Keay will.�' over the l of t Brookhaven. operate severaltib homes lie p �1'hevine' Redcop came�, to W► r n Kites oft years,. ago and have grown to love the tom, Mr, Rede p _,� that the couple's �fi 7eplans *re uncertain, 'ai ► main in their t clawed that :ta too to' and teoye but he would lila t farmingrr .t �* immediate a vacation after'r ' will make a d�.atthe future.. • The Redek 'a thank the res: aB4n�, �r� �d � B" that he would able,' the staff, doctors, .mist , dents' relatives and the munitywhich been: me ntal,in the like of the :n home sis theyk c ge 1968. ,Mr- o -.pp said that le wished he •could thank et? individuallybut there are *IS, many people in, the>c+niunity' whom he` owes thanks. The new management 111 take over Brookhaven on May .31,.ra the couple expressed the that people rn. Wingham who been involved;: with''Brookha in the past will, continue t1 involvement.. position Robert Gibson well-known. Listowel businessman has been named marketing manager for Royal Homes of Wingham. The Wingham firm is expand- ing its production of factory -built . homes which are being sold in a wide area of Western Ontario. Mr. Gibson will take over the complete marketing and promo- tional services for the company. Mount Forest firm purchases Firestone store The franchise dealership of Wingham's Firestone Store has been purchased by a Mount Forest firm, Leask's Tire Sales. The owner, Bill Leask, operates a retail -wholesale tire outlet. The ownership officially changes'on June 1, but June 3 has been set "for the public takeover. Tony Davies, currently the manager of Superior Tire in Mount Forest, will come to Wingham to manage the store for Mr. Leask. Only one of the pre- sent staff members will be staying with the new firm and the new owners still have openings for anyone interested. While the store will retain the Firestone name, Leask's Tire Sales will be the store's supplier. Wrong name, vvriong age and wrong park In last week's hospital report we stated that a nine-year-old Wroxeter girl, Sharon Riley was admitted to hospital for observa- tion after being struck by a base- ball. The young lady involved has informed us that we made quite a mistake on the item. It was ac- tually 18 -year-old Tharon Riley of Wroxeter and she was playing ball at the Wroxeter rather than the Western Ball Park as we re- ported. We are indeed sorry for having made these mistakes and we thank Miss Riley for pointing it out to us. on eeting , ! iitattve ,., V oatlAo..t�1t! fir cuss who. is:responsible for mak- ing repairs needed after - the \, Lower Town Dam collapsed last week,proved to, be ,fruitless on Monday evening. At the present time there is a great deal of confusion as to who actually owns the dam and is therefore . responsible; forrepair work. Richard Hunter, the manager of the MCVA, said that even though minutes of a town council meeting in 1965 show that - ' the town turned the dam over to theauthority, his office has no record of ..the transaction ever`' being completed.. Mayor DeWitt Miller asked Mr. Hunter if the Authority would become involved in the repair. work. The manager answered that he could not say one way or. the other, explaining that the Ministry of Natural Resources would have the final say. He added that the Ministry frowns on • such ' projects unless the Authority holds a deed and ownership of the_ facilities. Mr. Hunter told the council that if the dam were to be repaired by the MVCA it would have to be studied by an engineer and then in all probability an expensive, structure would replace the pre- sent mill dam. The mayor suggested that rather than turn responsibility back to the town, the MVCA should acquire control of the entire watershed and take the re- sponsibility for repairing mill dams in their purview. The Maitland Valley official stated that recent Ministry policy takes a dim view of conservation authotities in the province acquiring mill dams because they are little or no use in flood control. He continued, saying that the Wingham dam is used for recreation and so cannot be used for flood control because the fluctuating water levels for the latter use would play havoc with boating and swimming needs. Mr: Hunter told council that Wednesday evening the MVCA executive and two engineers will be in town to examine the dam and suggested that a delegation from council meet with thein to discuss the matter. Council will also undertake a study to see if it can temporarily fill the breach to allow the milk pond to fill for the summer. However, no firm decisions on any action have been made — and they probably won't be for a while to come.